Does anyone smell something burning?

You Can Be Anything

Rex McKenzie
Sep 1, 2018 · 2 min read

There’s something in all of us. A small spark or giant flame waiting to ignite.

How you feed that spark or flame is dependent on your motivation.

“Thanks man, summers are brutal with all this hair. Celery really hits the spot.”

How do you get motivated? That’s a big question. It’s not easily definable and it takes a lot to figure out. But, when you do set a goal and begin moving toward it you begin to feel something. It’s small at first, but quickly snowballs into a rush. A rush between a lightning bolt and an earthquake that’s invigorating.

That charge pushes you to slowly reach that goal. And, by the end of it, you begin to realize that the journey toward that goal has been the catalyst for elevating you the entire time.

Once realized, you become free. Free to expand upon that feeling and do more. Free to start the process again and continue pushing, feeling and journeying.

There is no better feeling than the realization that the phrase, “you can do anything,” isn’t focused on what you’re doing, but how you get there.

Who lets their clock get like this? DON’T LEAVE IT OUTSIDE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER!

So, never stop doing and don’t ever not begin something. Because our time is finite and we are defined by every moment and every feeling of pure joy. And limitless unhindered joy is a truth in this world that can never be stifled or taken away from you as long as you don’t let it.

Believe in that and believe you can achieve it and you will. You deserve that experience. You deserve a life full of joy.

The next time you’re feeling down or like you don’t deserve that, read this. And know that we all feel that way from time to time. It just takes realizing it and fanning the flame a bit to get you back on the journey again. Because you deserve the journey. You can be anything.

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